Andrés Frímann Andrésson was born at Fagranes in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on June 26, 1856. He died on June 6, 1926. He is registered with the last name Reykdal in the west. Spouse: October 9, 1894 Guðrún Björnsdóttir b. in Húnavatnssýsla on June 7, 1871, d. July 21, 1929 Children: They had no children but took in two foster children: 1. …
Margrét Árnadóttir
Margrét Árnadóttir was born in Snæfellsnessýsla in 1872. She died in 1963. She took her foster father’s last name, Hannesson, in the west. Spouse: Unmarried, but was a housekeeper for Martein Jónsson in the Framnes Settlement and had son Carl with him. Children: 1. Guðrún Elísabet (Betty) Jónsdóttir b. 1905. 2. Carl Margrét came west in 1905 with her daughter …
Nikulás Halldórsson
Nikulás Halldórsson was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on October 10, 1887. He died on November 4, 1941. Spouse: Sveinbjörg Einarsdóttir b. in the Fljóts Settlement on January 27, 1886, d. January 10, 1967 Children: 1. Kristín Dorothy 2. Sigursteinn 3. Leonard Einar 4. Guðmundur Halldór 5. Sigurlaug Björg Nikulás came west with his foster father in 1902 and first lived with …
Jón G Gunnarsson
Jón G Gunnarsson fæddist í Skagafjarðarsýslu 5.septemebr, 1883. Dáinn 11.nóvember, 1964. Maki: 25. desember, 1911 Maria Kjær f. í Danmörku 3.apríl, 1883. Börn: 1. Agnete f. 25.október, 1912 2. Gunnar f. 8. maí, 1916 3. Axel f. 26.maí, 1918 Jón fór ungur til Danmerkur þar sem hann kvæntist. Flutti þaðan vestur í Árdals- og Framnesbyggð árið 1923.
Stefán Egilsson
Stefán Egilsson fæddist 1874 í N.Múlasýslu. Dáinn 19.apríl, 1951. Anderson vestra. Maki:Gyðríður Guðnadóttir f. 1873. Dáin 15.nóvember, 1958 Börn: Valdimar f. 31.október, 1903 2. Guðlaug d. 22.desember, 1938 Stefán og Gyðríður fluttu vestur árið 1903 og fóru til Nýja Íslands. Þau tóku land í Árdal- og Framnesbyggð og fluttu á það 1905. Seldu það Gunnari Alexanderssyni árið 1907 og fluttu …
Sigurfinnur Sigurðsson
Sigurfinnur Sigurðsson: Born in Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla on June 20, 1857. Died in Saskatchewan in 1923. Spouse: Sesselja Árnadóttir born in 1871 in Suður-Múlasýsla and died on September 11, 1963 at Foam Lake. Children: 1) Árni b. 1896. 2) Guðný b. 1899. Died young. 3) Sigurfinnur (Finnur) b. 1900 4) Björgvin b. November 3, 1901 5) Sesselja (Lóa) b. April 8, 1904 6) …
Guðmundur Jónsson
Guðmundur Jónsson was born in Mikley on September 2, 1876. He died on July 2, 1929. He took the name Johnson in the west. Spouse: December 8, 1900. Herdís Jónasdóttir (Thorsteinsson) born in New Iceland, the daughter of Jónas Þorsteinsson and Lilja Friðfinnsdóttir. Children: 1) Jónas Hermundur b. October 20, 1901 2) Lilja Jóhanna b. December 31, 1902 3) Jónína …
Jón Stefánsson
Jón Stefánsson: Born in Skagafjord in 1834. Took the name Johnson in the west. Spouse: 1) Kristín Sölvadóttir 2) Elín Gunnlaugsdóttir born in 1872 in Skagafjord, d. in 1954. Children: With Kristín: 1) Jónína Kristín 2) Anna Kristín 3) Þorleifur 4) Stefán. With Ragnheiður Þorfinnsdóttir: 1) Sölvi 2) Jón 3) Júníus. With Elín Gunnlaugsdóttir: 1) Kristján 2) Eliman 3) Jóhannes …
Sveinn Sveinsson
Sveinn Sveinsson was born in Árnessýsla on March 28, 1850 and died on July 26, 1932. Spouse: Jóhanna Jónsdóttir b. October 28, 1851. Died January 5, 1942. Children: 1) Sesselja Ögmunda b. June 9, 1877. She was the wife of Gunnar Oddsson 2) Kristinn Frímann b. 1883. Unknown if he came west. Sveinn and Jóhanna lived at Breðamýrarholt in Flóa …
Björn Jón Björnsson
Björn Jón Björnsson: Born in Skagafjordur in 1847. Died 1931. Spouse: 1875 Ingibjörg Þuríður Brynjólfsdóttir b. 1850. Died 1932. Children: 1) Brynjólfur Egill b. 1876. Died 1936 2) Lárína Halldóra (Lára) b. 1880. Died 1901. They also raised Elina Andrésdóttir. Her father and Björn were brothers. They came west in 1888 and settled in the Isafold Settlement. In 1901, they …
